Mortgage rates remain high, leaving homebuyers weighing whether to act now or wait for potential relief. Melissa Cohn, ...

With the Federal Reserve's July meeting on the horizon, many prospective homebuyers and homeowners are wondering what it ...

Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages don’t move in tandem with the Fed’s benchmark, but instead generally track with the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds, which are influenced by a variety of ...

Federal Reserve independence is under fresh scrutiny as pressure builds around Chairman Jerome Powell's future. The Wall ...

Changing the way the Federal Reserve operates or assesses the economy may have a more durable impact on policy and markets ...

The newly published meeting minutes highlighted a divide over how Federal Reserve officials expect the economy to respond to ...

The Federal Reserve doesn't directly set the interest rates you pay when you take out a mortgage. But the central bank's actions can influence whether rates rise or fall. Here's how.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday he believes the Federal Reserve system should be reviewed for potentially ...

At least three Federal Reserve policymakers spoke out this week in favor of holding interest rates steady for the time being, ...

Interest rates result from a combination of economic factors, including the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. The Fed -- the country's central bank -- began gradually lowering its benchmark ...

The Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts can influence the rates on various loans, but timing big purchases to the Fed’s rate cuts isn’t always easy.

When the Fed concludes its policy meeting on Thursday, most economists expect the Fed to trim its short-term benchmark fed funds rate by a quarter percentage point to between 4.50% to 4.75%.